diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cdb271af63..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-name: cla-check
-on: [pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  cla-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check if CLA signed
-        uses: canonical/has-signed-canonical-cla@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 256bc582db..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on: 
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - "feature/**"
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Decision to Publish
-        id: decisions
-        run: |
-          # Secrets cannot be used in conditionals, so this is our dance:
-          # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/520
-          if [[ -n "${{ secrets.SNAPCRAFT_STORE_CREDENTIALS }}" ]]; then
-            echo PUBLISH=true >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo PUBLISH= >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - if: steps.decisions.outputs.PUBLISH == 'true'
-        name: Checkout Snapcraft
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          # Fetch all of history so Snapcraft can determine its own version from git.
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - if: steps.decisions.outputs.PUBLISH == 'true'
-        uses: canonical/action-build@v1
-        name: Build Snapcraft Snap
-        id: build
-        with:
-          snapcraft-channel: latest/candidate
-
-      - if: steps.decisions.outputs.PUBLISH == 'true'
-        name: Verify Snapcraft Snap
-        run: |
-          # Make sure it is installable.
-          sudo snap install --dangerous --classic ${{ steps.build.outputs.snap }}
-
-      - name: Get branch name
-        id: vars
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]]
-          then
-            echo "branch=pr-${{ github.event.number }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            branch=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/} | sed -e 's|feature/\(.*\)|\1|')
-            echo "branch=$branch" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Publish feature branch to edge/${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}
-        if: steps.decisions.outputs.PUBLISH == 'true'
-        uses: canonical/action-publish@v1
-        env:
-          SNAPCRAFT_STORE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.SNAPCRAFT_STORE_CREDENTIALS }}
-        with:
-          snap: ${{ steps.build.outputs.snap }}
-          release: edge/${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spread-scheduled.yaml b/.github/workflows/spread-scheduled.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce99ecf9b5..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/spread-scheduled.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-name: Scheduled spread tests
-on:
-  schedule:
-    # At 03:00 on Wednesday and Sunday.
-    - cron: "0 3 * * WED,SUN"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  snap-build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Build snap
-        uses: canonical/action-build@v1
-        id: snapcraft
-      - name: Upload snap artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: snap
-          path: ${{ steps.snapcraft.outputs.snap }}
-      - name: Verify snapcraft snap
-        run: |
-          sudo snap install --dangerous --classic ${{ steps.snapcraft.outputs.snap }}
-
-  kernel-plugins:
-    runs-on: [spread-installed]
-    needs: [snap-build]
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        type: [craft-parts, v2]
-    steps:
-      - name: Cleanup job workspace
-        run: |
-          rm -rf "${{ github.workspace }}"
-          mkdir "${{ github.workspace }}"
-      - name: Checkout snapcraft
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Download snap artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: snap
-          path: tests
-      - name: Kernel plugin test
-        run: |
-          spread google:ubuntu-22.04-64:tests/spread/plugins/${{ matrix.type }}/kernel
-
-  remote-build:
-    runs-on: [spread-installed]
-    needs: [snap-build]
-    steps:
-      - name: Cleanup job workspace
-        run: |
-          rm -rf "${{ github.workspace }}"
-          mkdir "${{ github.workspace }}"
-      - name: Checkout snapcraft
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Download snap artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: snap
-          path: tests
-      - name: remote-build test
-        env:
-          LAUNCHPAD_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.LAUNCHPAD_TOKEN }}"
-        run: |
-          spread google:ubuntu-20.04-64:tests/spread/core20/remote-build-legacy \
-            google:ubuntu-22.04-64:tests/spread/core22/remote-build-legacy \
-            google:ubuntu-22.04-64:tests/spread/core22/remote-build \
-            google:ubuntu-24.04-64:tests/spread/core24/remote-build \
-            google:fedora-39-64:tests/spread/core24/remote-build:no_platforms
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spread.yml b/.github/workflows/spread.yml
index 9f55db8b71..ef38dc13f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spread.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spread.yml
@@ -26,48 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo snap install --dangerous --classic ${{ steps.build-snapcraft.outputs.snap }}
 
-  integration-spread-tests:
-    runs-on: [spread-installed]
-    needs: build
-    strategy:
-      # FIXME: enable fail-fast mode once spread can cancel an executing job.
-      # Disable fail-fast mode as it doesn't function with spread. It seems
-      # that cancelling tasks requires short, interruptible actions and
-      # interrupting spread, notably, does not work today. As such disable
-      # fail-fast while we tackle that problem upstream.
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        spread-jobs:
-          - google:ubuntu-20.04-64
-          - google:ubuntu-22.04-64
-          - google:ubuntu-24.04-64
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout snapcraft
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
-
-      - name: Download snapcraft snap
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: snap
-          path: tests
-
-      - name: Run spread
-        env:
-          SPREAD_GOOGLE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SPREAD_GOOGLE_KEY }}
-          UA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.UA_TOKEN }}
-        run: spread ${{ matrix.spread-jobs }}
-
-      - name: Discard spread workers
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          shopt -s nullglob
-          for r in .spread-reuse.*.yaml; do
-            spread -discard -reuse-pid="$(echo "$r" | grep -o -E '[0-9]+')"
-          done
 
   integration-spread-tests-store:
     runs-on: [spread-installed]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tics.yaml b/.github/workflows/tics.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b3bd736492..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/tics.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: TICS
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - main
-    # to easy test changes to the workflow
-    - tiobe
-
-jobs:
-  CI:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          echo "::group::apt-get update"
-          sudo apt-get update
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::apt-get install..."
-          sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3 patchelf
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::pip install"
-          python -m pip install 'tox<5.0' tox-gh
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-      - name: Setup Tox environment
-        run: tox --workdir /tmp/tox run-parallel --parallel auto --parallel-no-spinner --parallel-live --colored yes -e test-all-py310 --notest
-
-      - name: Test with tox
-        run: tox --workdir /tmp/tox run --skip-pkg-install --result-json results/tox-py310.json --colored yes -e test-all-py310
-
-      - name: Run TICS analysis
-        uses: tiobe/tics-github-action@v3
-        env:
-          PATH: "/tmp/tox/test-all-py310/bin:/snap/bin:/home/runner/.local/bin:/home/runner/.cargo/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:"
-        with:
-          mode: qserver
-          project: snapcraft
-          viewerUrl: https://canonical.tiobe.com/tiobeweb/TICS/api/cfg?name=default
-          branchdir: ${{ github.workspace }}
-          ticsAuthToken: ${{ secrets.TICSAUTHTOKEN }}
-          installTics: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yaml b/.github/workflows/tox.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index abfdf47baa..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-name: Tox
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - "main"
-      - "snapcraft/7.0"
-      - "release/*"
-      - "hotfix/*"
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  linters:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          echo "::group::Begin snap install"
-          echo "Installing snaps in the background while running apt and pip..."
-          sudo snap install --no-wait --classic pyright --revision 735 # version 1.1.344
-          sudo snap install --no-wait shellcheck ruff
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::apt-get update"
-          sudo apt-get update
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::apt-get install..."
-          sudo apt-get install --yes python3 python3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::pip install"
-          python -m pip install 'tox<5.0' tox-gh
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::Create virtual environments for linting processes."
-          tox run --colored yes -m lint build-docs --notest
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::Build docs."
-          tox run --colored yes -e build-docs
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::Wait for snap to complete"
-          snap watch --last=install
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-      - name: Run Linters
-        run: tox run --colored yes --skip-pkg-install -m lint
-  tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          echo "::group::apt-get update"
-          sudo apt-get update
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::apt-get install..."
-          sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::pip install"
-          python -m pip install 'tox<5.0' tox-gh
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          mkdir -p results
-      - name: Setup Tox environments
-        run: tox run-parallel --parallel auto --parallel-no-spinner --parallel-live --colored yes -e test-py310,test-legacy-py310 --notest
-      - name: Test with tox
-        run: tox run --skip-pkg-install --result-json results/tox-ubuntu-22.04.json --colored yes -e test-py310,test-legacy-py310
-      - name: Upload code coverage
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-        with:
-          directory: ./results/
-          files: coverage*.xml
-      - name: Upload test results
-        if: success() || failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: test-results-ubuntu-22.04
-          path: results/
diff --git a/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/editor.sh b/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/editor.sh
index a38c96be47..08b18eaad9 100755
--- a/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/editor.sh
+++ b/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/editor.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 
 validation_set_file="$1"
 
-# flip-flop between two valid revisions of `test-snapcraft-assertions` in the staging store: 1 and 2
-if grep -q "^  revision:.*1" "$validation_set_file"; then
-  (( revision=2 ))
-else
-  (( revision=1 ))
-fi
+cat "$validation_set_file"
 
-sed -i "s/  revision:.*/  revision: $revision/g" "$validation_set_file"
+cat << EOF > $validation_set_file
+account-id: pv8nW1ZaULF7xXAkE3tiU3TdlOnYlGUr
+name: testset
+sequence: 1
+# The revision for this validation set
+# revision: 61
+snaps:
+- id: JtwEnisYi8Mmk51vNLZPSOwSOFLwGdhs
+  name: hello-world
+  presence: required
+EOF
diff --git a/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/task.yaml b/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/task.yaml
index 277ee9d8e1..b477d9dc65 100644
--- a/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/task.yaml
+++ b/tests/spread/store/validation-sets/task.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ execute: |
 
   snapcraft list-validation-sets | MATCH testset
 
+  exit 1
+
 restore: |
   rm -rf "$HOME/.snap/gnupg"